Children Who Take Steroid Medications Are Protected Against Bone Loss

By admin | Apr 25, 2011

According to a recent study, children who have used steroids for nephrotic syndrome do not suffer bone loss, which is a common side effect of steroid treatments in adults.
Childhood nephrotic syndrome, which is supposed to affect 3 of every 100,000 children, is a common chronic kidney disease among children. It weakens the body’s [...]






Steroids may be present in some eczema creams

By admin | Jun 17, 2010

Many herbal creams contain steroids that can result in permanent damages to patients using them, as per scientists from the Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffied, UK.
The scientists made a call of stringent regulations after identifying that most of the creams used for treating eczema and labeled as ‘herbal’ contain powerful steroids.
From MedicalNewsToday.com:
Eczema [...]






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